Reuben reiser



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Be it known that I, RUBEN REIBER, of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon, end Stnte of Pennsylvanie, have invented a new and improved Hinge; andI do hereby declare that the following is n full, clear, end exact description thereof, reference being had to -the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichl Figure 1 is a. perspectveview, showing theimproved hinge applied to o. door or shutter.

Figure 3 shows the several parts of the hinge detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twoigures.

The object of this invention is to produce :L loose and fixed-joint hinge, combining all the advantages of a. loose hinge with the advantages of a fstjoint hinge, :it the same time making-such hinge applicable to the right or the lei`t-hand side of'u. door, shutter, gute, or other object to'w'hich it is desired to apply a hinge. It consists in the employment, in conjunction with the eyes on the leaves of a hinge, of o' removable pintle, and

'in providing for securing such pintlc in place so that it cannot become casually detached, as wili be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the nrt'tovunder'stand my invention, I will describe its construction nml operation'.

The class oi' hinges to which my--inventionris especially applicable is shown in figs. l and 2, in which 'A` represents one leaf ci' the hinge, which isconstructed with separated eyes 6.6 formed on one of its edges, leming a space between-them for receiving a. single eye, Za', which is formell on theV edge of the opposite leef` A".`

Some of these hinges are mode'with several eyes interlocking with each other, according to the size or length required of thern. Thesirnple hinge shown iu the drawings will answer every purpose in explaining one practical mode of carrying out my invention.

Hith'erto the leaves of this class of hinges have been connected together permanently by menns ot a pintle,

which couldv not'bc readily removed; for which reason -this class of hinges :tre denomina-ted fast-joint hinges. The loosejoint hinges, generally used for shutters and gates, which require'freq'uen't reinovol, hnve pieces formed on one of their lea-ves forv receiving eyes on the other leaves.

l I construct n. pintle, a, which will connect the two halves of the hinge together, with :i head, a', upon its upper end, that prevents this pint-le frorn dropping through its Veyes b b; and to this head a I pivot a plate, c, so that it can. be turnedoverfrom one leaf. to the other of the hinge, as indicated in iig. 2 by the .nil of red lines. I multe a, holetlirough the pivot/ed 'strip c, und counter'si'nk it on one side for receiving ascrew, by which the pluto is secured to the door or--shuttcr-frame directly over the stut-ionhry leaf- A,'ai`s shown in iig. l.

For o. left-hund door or shutter, the plate c will be arranged over one of the leaves, and Afor a, right-hond shutter it will be'adjusted over the other leaf; or the hinge muy be used either end up by reversing the head of the pintie. i l

Thusit will he seen thzit the pintle a can he'remc'ved at any time, ond thevparts of the hinge separated and it will also be seen that the hinge is applicable :is well yto a. right-hond door or shutter as to the. left-liand side thereof. The head onthe pintle prevents it from dropping down through the eyes'of the hinge, and the,

pivoted plate c, when properly fastened, as described, prevents the pintle-from rising.

Hoving described my invention, what I claim as new, ond dsire to secure hy Lctters'Patent, is 1. The pivotcd platee, with screw-hole to fasten it to the shutter or other object, in combination with the eoves A A und pins a a', all yconstructed and arranged'andopcrcting substantially in the manner and for the purpose described. A

2. The right and left-hond hinge-leaves A A b b', fastened together by a. pin, a, which has zt head, a', and to which head a. plate, c, is pivotcd, all substalntielly in; the manner und for the purposedescribed.

REUBEN REIBER.

Witnesses:

Aumont" S. Enr, P. S. GREENAWALT. 

